Game Breaking Bug w/ Masks in Castle Help

[sk]

I'm at the point where I collected all 4 masks. When going to the room with the 4 statues, they are no longer there for me to place the masks on, and Dimitrescu is still chasing me around.

What's more strange is I can no longer access the courtyard, and the room to the main dining hall is also locked (as if the key was removed from my inventory).

Has anybody else encountered this and did you find a solution? I really don't want to start over.

[CharlieCheeseEatsTooManyCashews]

Got an old save you can load? Maybe they auto put themselves on their posts or something? A door should appear to leave when you place them.

[sk]

Originally posted by CharlieAndCheese:

Got an old save you can load? Maybe they auto put themselves on their posts or something? A door should appear to leave when you place them.

Unfortunately I don't have an old save. A few other people are experiencing this, and the only solution seems to be to start over.

[CharlieCheeseEatsTooManyCashews]

Ah that's a bummer. Before you start over try getting killed in different ways or going through some other parts of the castle and see if you can get it fix itself. At least it's not too far into the game.

[liljon042]

At least this bug happens early into the game, well, relatively early. I'd say that saving in the Castle is a bad idea. Try to go through the entirety of the castle in one go. I'm pretty sure that'll ensure you don't lose anything. From my experience, every other place is flawless when it comes to bugs and such.

[Banana]

I have the same problem!!! And there are no way to go courtyard and get the key second time!

[Banana]

By the way, because of this bug, im able to open the door in the basement, but you cant cross the threshold though.
I think the bug is the time set back to before Lady Demitrescu bring the bottle of wine and leave the basement.

[sk]

Originally posted by Vio Lau - Laggish kills:

By the way, because of this bug, im able to open the door in the basement, but you cant cross the threshold though.
I think the bug is the time set back to before Lady Demitrescu bring the bottle of wine and leave the basement.

Yeah, same for me too - the room you crawl to while she walks out. I can't enter it either, but the door opens.

It looks like there's no fix currently for this issue, but I know what causes it. If you put the masks on the statue before collecting all 4 (I put two masks on early, as did a lot of others with this bug), it seems to cause it. I'm just going to start over.

[Anders]

The year is now 2024, this bug is still in the game. The 4 statues in the lobby is again sunk into the floor and a bunch of the doors you need keys for are locked again with no way to re-open them, or re-obtain the key needed. It's like the castle has returned to a previous state before you did some story related things, and it's not Lady Dimitrescu thats messing with you. I'm pretty sure this is why i quit playing the game years ago, i had just forgotten. Looks like i ran into the same bug, again just 2-3 years later. Nice one Capcom.

I think possibly it has to do with placing the mask on the statue before you have them all 4. I don't know.

[DPrelate]

Originally posted by Anders:

I think possibly it has to do with placing the mask on the statue before you have them all 4. I don't know.

I placed 3 of them and then went to get the last one. There was no issue in this way.

Maybe it happens, if a mask is placed before an event, or maybe it's something else entirely.